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We have new hires, that are even trained! Let’s see how long this lasts, to where I can actually work a NORMAL week. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Aw, so you’re a PWP type of person …

Trust me. Pr authors have lots of unfinished drafts. Some because they can’t be motivated, or they’re no longer at a mental place where they can tell that story. others, will abandon a story because they see no profit from finishing it. Some authors die before they finish as well. For me I will say my fan fiic is sort of a warm up for my real novels which I’m working on. I started it mostly because I thought it was a good way to get feed back and hone my style…. I was at least half right. My style has improved a good deal and I’ve actually learned a fair deal from refining my writing process. But back to the matter of Chekov’s Gun. Remember, it is a tool. but like any tool the reader shouldonly be aware of it’s usage in hindsight if at all.Chekov’s gun, much like the red herring and the McGuffin are all elements of plot and plot is to a story what the skeleton is to a body. Just remember, the more others can see of your skeleton, the worse off you are.

All of my original stories on here, including the halloween/holiday oneshots, are from the same universe, most characters are connected in some fashion. So, for me, writing down a plot bunny has a good chance of being usable, even if it’s a spinoff story. But yep, recording them helps retain them and you can go back, even with a fickle muse … may be a challenge. And sometimes, those ideas are rejected, not because they’re lousy, but because it’ll distract too much from the major thrust to the story, or simply overwhelm it. (I recently pruned what would’ve been chapter 16 from Dale’s Game because it was too much, even though the underlying premise was sound in terms of what the characters needed in skill improvements. Sad to remove 5kwords and start the chapter over….not really removed, I do save them off into a separate file, just in case.)

I’ve gotten disciplined enough to jot the idea down, or put it into my database. (Which is useful, came in handy for Dale’s game, turning the situation from food poisoning into an allergy, allowing me to create an interesting trait for his character.) Even with original, if you’re developing a universe/world-building, after a while, you’ve got the same level of constraints; again, I ran into that with Dale’s Game, where the end point of the story is fixed, very fixed, within the universe, and the story was developing fast, so it was easier to make it a year later than to completely rewrite and slow it down w/o any benefit.

The Winter Sky, Jip Van Kakerken (it’s a song from the Endreal mod to Skyrim…)

Ron/Hermione, Harry/OC-muggle (and I can’t bring the fics to AFF due to the OC… ) Warning, my portrayal of their sixth year makes canon look like a street festival.